Hot stuff
The Nova Fire Spinners performed at the Rain and Fire Festival at the Spirit Square Saturday. A group of about 30 spectators braved the wet, snowy
conditions to see the final event of the day. See more pictures on Page A29.

With the city’s dump slated to
close within two years, some residents fear a new landfill could be
located near the closed Elk Falls
mill.
“Everyone in Campbell River
needs to know about this,” says
Corinne Matheson.
Matheson operates Mystic
Woods Landscape Design located
at the north end of the city.
She and several other Gordon
Road residents are trying to put
the kibosh on any proposal to
turn the former paper mill, and
nearby ash dump, into a new
municipal landfill site.
“Who would want to come here
with a major dump on the ocean?”
she asks. “The big scary picture
is barge loads of Vancouver’s garbage being brought up here.”
Matheson, along with several
other supporters, plan to voice
their opposition at Thursday’s
meeting of the regional district’s
Solid Waste Management Plan
Advisory Committee. The meeting takes place at the Maritime
Heritage Centre at 1 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011

| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR |

A3

Youth lead the fight
against racism
Youth are important
to the promotion of
harmony among different races, as well as
to fight against racism
in B.C., says the Campbell River Multicultural and Immigrant
Services Association.
“Last year when
I was watching the
Olympic Games on TV,
I was really impressed
by how youth volunteers from different
backg rounds could
work together so well,
so happily. After a
year, the government
is going to give more
funding to youth to
help increase inclusion
and decrease racism.
This action is really
encouraging in 2011,”
says Vienna Yeung,
the project coordina-

tor of Campbell River
Multicultural and
Immigrant Services
Association.
Executive director
Rachel Blaney says, “I
always see youth coming to our organization
to provide help. They
are creative; they have
dreams; they have a
kind heart. But the
most important thing
is, they express themselves directly, they tell
the truth. Youth really
have the courage to
say what they think.
Sometimes they have
very great ideas and
definitely need more
support from the community to make their
ideas work.”
Yeung says, “They are
eager to fight against
racism and bullying.

One time I saw some of
them help the Youth 4
Diversity coordinator,
Moss Dance, to prepare materials for the
Human Rights Day.
They were so energetic
and excited to help.
And from time to time,
some ideas popped up
in their mind, they
would say it loudly. I
remembered I had the
same energy like them
when I was in high
school. But I gradually
lost this energy when I
did not get the recognition from anyone. The
youth give me hope
again.”
E ve r yo n e k n ow s
“Youth are our future
p i l l a r s, ” bu t h ow
many people can truly
understand the deep
meaning of this sen-

Campbell River youth will be front and centre at the annual Walk Away from Racism.

tence, Blaney asks?
If we don’t provide
them support; if we
don’t help them build

Landfill: City looks at options
Continued from Page 1

closed the Elk Falls
mill last July. In April
2010, Campbell River
Mayor Charlie Cornfield asked regional
district staff to prepare
a report on, “the potential of processing solid
waste at the Campbell
River pulp mill.”
The report for the
solid waste committee is being prepared
by a consultant and is
expected to be done in
May.
During a phone interview on Monday, Cornfield says the committee has to look at all its

options, because time
is running out for the
city’s landfill.
“We haven’t made
any decisions, but we
have a responsibility
to check out all the
options,” he says. “We
don’t know what’s in
Catalyst’s landfill, but
we have to do our due
diligence…Does it have
merit? I don’t know.”
The committee is also
researching methods
of converting garbage
into energy. As the
mayor puts it, waste
needs to be viewed as
a resource rather than
trash that is simply
buried.

“We have to look at it
as an opportunity,” he
says.
On Monday, Catalyst
Paper announced it
had received $13.3 million in federal funding
– through the Pulp and
Paper Green Transformation Program – to
burn wood waste, and
convert that energy
into electricity, at its
mill in Powell River.
“…our Powell River
mill becomes one of
the most logical and
low-impact places in
Canada to generate
green energy from
biomass,” Bob Lindstrom, Catalyst’s vice-

president of energy
and information technology, says in a news
release.
According to Lyn
Brown, Catalyst’s vicepresident of corporate
relations, there’s no
such plan in place for
the Elk Falls mill, but
the company is open
to, “alternate industrial applications.”
E-mail paulr@campbellrivermirror.com

a strong base, how can
they become strong
and useful pillars in
the future? How can

they have the power to
fight against racism?
Join Youth 4 Diversity at the 15th annual

Copper wire stolen
from Telus
Thousands of dollars worth
of copper wire was stolen from
Telus during two recent thefts.
Last Thursday, Telus
contacted RCMP to report that
500 metres of wire was stolen
from one of its remote sites in
the region. Then on Monday,
Telus reported that another
500 metres of copper wire was
stolen from a site in the Elk
Falls area.
The value of the wire is
estimated at $10,000.
Anyone with information
is asked to contact RCMP or
Crime Stoppers.

Walk Away from Racism on Saturday, 10:30
a.m. at the Community
Centre.

Taxi cabs hit by pellets
Three taxi cabs were
damaged after being hit by
pellets on Feb. 22.
The vehicles had been parked
in the back lot of cab business.

Drunk driver hits pole
A 27-year-old woman could
be facing impaired driving
charges following an accident
last week.
The woman was behind the
wheel when she hit a utility
police at Ironwood Road and
9th Avenue. The accident
occurred on Feb. 21, shortly
after 8 a.m.

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For the record
In an article titled Proposed hiring freeze shot down, published in
the Mirror Feb. 25 it was reported
that councillors Claire Moglove,
Andy Adams and Ryan Mennie

opposed a second amended motion
when in fact it was councillors
Mennie, Moglove, Roy Grant and
Mayor Charlie Cornfield who
opposed the motion.

Celebrating the
majesty of raptors
The Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) held
its annual Eaglefest at the Maritime Heritage Centre
on Saturday. Displays and demonstrations informed
the public about the raptors that populate our skies
and raised funds for the widlife rehabilitation work
that MARS does. Clockwise from above: Reg Westcott talked to participants about the society and this
red-tailed hawk he brought along (also the next picture); Mindy Dick talks about Adonis the peregrine
falcon she brought from Pacific Northwest Raptors in
Duncan; MARS Moments columnist (published in the
Campbell River Mirror) Sandy Fairfield was on hand
to talk to people about birds; MARS volunteer Sarah
McNulty (left) shows Jennica Sauer the feet of different raptors; and Tina Hein of Pacific Northwest Raptors helps Manwe the eagle settle onto a perch.

Photos by
Alistair Taylor/
The Mirror

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011 | CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR |

A5

Thief escapes in cab
A jewelry store thief
who made his getaway
in an awaiting taxi cab
was arrested hours
later by police.
According to RCMP,
the suspect entered
Thongs Jewelers in the
Elm Street Plaza, last
Thursday just before
10 a.m.
It is believed he stole
several necklaces and
then fled the store.
An employee tried to
tackle him, but he still
managed to escape and
made off in a cab.
The culprit jumped
out of the cab in Campbellton and fled again,
this time on foot. However, around 8 p.m.,
officers arrested a
31-year-old suspect who

is known to police.
The man remains in
custody, but has not
been formally charged.
His name was not
released.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, around 1:45 p.m.,
police were called to
the downtown Dairy
Queen after a female
stole gift cards and
change from a donation jar. An employee
followed her which
helped police make
a quick arrest. The
donation funds were
returned to the restaurant.
Mounties have also
released more information regarding the
thief who robbed the
Willows Beer and Wine

store on Rockland
Road, on the night of
Feb. 22. The culprit is
described as a Caucasian male in his mid30s. He’s about 5’10”
with short brown hair
and bushy eyebrows.
And on Feb. 21, police
received a report of
a robbery, which had
occurred on Feb. 19.
The male victim told
police he had left the
Riptide Liquor Store
a n d w a s k n o cke d
unconscious by an
u n k n ow n s u s p e c t .
He awoke to find his
backpack and money
missing. This investigation is ongoing and
anyone with information is asked to contact
RCMP.

More than 70 WalMart employees and
shoppers had to be
evacuated from the
store Sunday afternoon.
After Wal-Mar t’s
smoke alarms sounded
around 3:24 p.m., everyone inside the building was ushered out to
the parking lot, with
employees on one side
and customers on the
other.

Some shoppers took
shelter from the rain
in their vehicles while
others waited just outside the doors.
Dean Spry, fire chief,
said sprinklers over
the garden centre went
off which triggered the
smoke alarms.
“Anytime a building’s sprinkler system
is tied into the fire
alarms and there is a
water flow the alarms
will go off because the
water indicates that
something’s wrong,”

said Spry.
Spry figures it was
about 20 minutes to
half an hour before
Wal-Mart staff – and
then customers – was
allowed back in the
building.
“Fire fighters had to
get the alarm system
working again and
they had to drain the
sprinkler system,” said
Spry.
The sprinkler system
was activated when a
valve froze and then
cracked, said Spry.

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Chief Robert Pollard (left) was re-elected Campbell River Indian Band chief and Curtis Wilson, Marian
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The Campbell River Indian Band membership held nl election for Chief and Council on
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new Election Code ratified by the Band membership in 2010.
Chief Robert Pollard was re-elected to
another term and six Councillors, Curtis Wilson, Marian Atkinson, Tony Roberts Jr, Jason
Price, Dean Drake and Dana Roberts were chosen by the membership.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011 | CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR |

A7

Okay! Everybody
back into the pool
KRISTEN DOUGLAS
CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

After months of
delays, the pool at
Strathcona Gardens
Recreation Complex
opened for business
Monday.
Swimming lessons,
chronic disease management pro g rams
and Killer Whales
Swim Club practices
were all underway two
days ago but drop-in
swimming had to be
cancelled because only
one change room was
available.
“We could only fit so
many people because
we o n ly h a d o n e
change room complete
and we made it a family change room,” said
Susan Bullock, manager of programs at

Strathcona Gardens.
But yesterday the
pool opened its doors
at 6 a.m. and it was
business as usual,
with a second change
room up and running.
Bullock said the family
change room, which
has been enlarged, will
be finished in a couple
of weeks.
All change rooms
now have three private
shower stalls and one
also houses a toilet to
make them more accessible to those with
physical disabilities.
“Those who are disabled don’t have to
use the family change
room anymore,” said
Bullock who added
the change rooms also
have lifts to help those
in wheelchairs go from
their chair to the toi-

let or from an aquatic
medical bed back to
their wheelchair.
There is new tiling on
the pool deck and new
signage bearing pool
rules. The bulk of the
work was done underneath the pool, to fix
drainage issues.
Construction began
last summer but unexpected structural
issues kept delaying
the re-opening of the
pool.
Originally the pool
was slated to be ready
to go by the end of
December but that was
changed to late January and then, finally,
late February.
A grand opening is
scheduled for March
12 with free swimming
and use of the weight
room.

The Strathcona Gardens Pool was open Monday to its first users in months after long-delayed renovations
were completed.

Lengths are open
from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
that day and there are
two different everyone
welcome sessions, from
12:30-4 p.m. and then
again from 5-9 p.m. The
first session will have
games, water balloons
and the big inflatable
snake will be brought
out.

NIC connects local employers with students eager to work
North Island Colle ge’s Employment
Resource Centre is
hosting two career
fairs to bring together
local employers and
NIC students seeking
employment.
On March 18 in the
Comox Valley and
March 25 in Campbell
River, employers representing local organizations and industries
will have the opportunity to meet, mingle
and even interview
NIC students.
Treena Nadon,
North Island College’s
Employment Service
Advisor, explains this
event will afford local
employers the opportunity to speak with our
students first, before
they consider other
options. “Employers

who attend the Career
Fair will have an inside
track to our current
talent,” states Nadon.
“Between the two campuses NIC is home to
almost 3,000 students
enrolled in credit programs, many of whom
are about ready to
enter the workforce.”
Nadon is anticipating a very good turnout from students and
alumni, as students
are now turning their
attention to their
job search and what
career opportunities
are available to them.
Nadon notes, “Most
are looking to remain
in the area, which
is a win-win-win for
local employers, our
students and our communities in general.
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Liberals have edge over the NDP
With the Liberal leadership race decided and Christy
Clark set to take over as B.C.’s next premier, the attention now shifts to the NDP. Or does
it?
We say: The
For the New Democrats, who select
their
new leader in April, Clark’s win
opposition
Saturday is likely the worst-case sceeffectively stuck
nario. Despite her record during her
previous incarnation as a Campbellin neutral
era Liberal MLA, much of which she
spent as either a senior cabinet minister or deputy premier for some of the government’s most vicious cuts,

Clark was in fact the candidate furthest removed from
the current regime. She’s been out of politics since the
2005 election and earned just one current MLA’s support for her successful leadership bid. Clark’s image
has softened considerably in her time on the sidelines,
while her emphasis on ‘family first’, job creation and
tackling poverty also cut deep into typical NDP territory.
While Clark gets to work assembling her cabinet team
and addressing the issues (and possibly even getting
elected), the NDP will be effectively stuck in neutral
(just as the Liberal government was in recent months)

as the party’s leadership hopefuls hash out their own
positions and attempt to garner both in-party and
general populace support. While the New Democrats
will undoubtedly use Clark’s earlier political record as
fodder for attacks on her leadership, the party is at a
distinct disadvantage as a ship being guided by a placeholder captain until a new Opposition leader is chosen
in two months. While the NDP will attempt to use those
weeks to generate new interest through its leadership
contest, it’ll be in tough getting public attention away
from an already established new premier.
– Black Press

Good point: Hiring
The following is in regard to the recent article “Proposed hiring freeze shot down” by Kristen Douglas in
the Feb. 25 edition of the Campbell River Mirror.
For the record I would like to thank Councillor Ziggy
Stewart for bringing forward a motion to implement a
hiring freeze at City Hall. He may not have been successful in gaining support for this motion from his fellow Councillors; but, he has been successful in increasing the awareness that a major revenue problem exists
in the City’s budget. Hard decisions are going to have to
made by council to compensate for $1.4 million of lost
tax revenue from Catalyst along with the continued
operating cost increases in replacing infrastructure
and maintaining existing services. If the city’s administration is unwilling to present budget cost reduction
options to council, then council needs to take the bull
by the horns and freeze operating cost increases before
we really get in trouble. As council is no doubt aware,
the majority of the citizens of Campbell River are not
in support of further tax increases, especially under
the present fragile economic environment. Council
simply needs to focus on maintaining existing services/infrastructure as best they can. On a very positive side, I do believe that council is actively searching
for alternate revenue sources that may help to decrease
some of the city’s cost increases; but, please ….. not
another Cruise Ship Terminal. One question I do have
for council is: are we actually making any additional
money from our runway investment at the airport? At
least to offset the capital cost?
Jim Forsyth

Somali pirate tales are reminiscent of our own coast

Paul Rudan
No, really

I was hardly alone in my thoughts
when I read about the four American
pleasure boaters killed by pirates off
the coast of Somalia last week.
“What were they thinking?” I asked
myself.
The story read like one of Wilbur
Smith’s African adventure novel
which always seem to end in death
and destruction. Mind you, Smith’s
stories are set between the 17th and
19th centuries.
But here were four knowledgeable
Americans, all well-adept at sailing
oceans, and yet they chose to ignore
every warning and cruised through
one of the world’s most dangerous
areas. And it cost them their lives.
Just days after their demise, seven
Danish sailors, including three chil-

dren, were captured by Somali pirates
and now we await to hear of their
fate. There are apparently as many as
800 people being held hostage by the
pirates who demand ransoms ranging upwards from $1 million.
Are people that stupid, naive or do
they just choose to wear mental blinders? I don’t know and don’t intend
to find out by cruising the African
coast in a tin boat snapping photos
and requesting interviews with the
pirate overlords.
However, it did get me thinking
about our own coast.
I’ve been told by many mariners
that the local waters surrounding
the Discovery Islands and Desolation
Sound are among the most beautiful cruising areas anywhere on this

planet. And I would have to agree
after going on several boating and
kayaking adventures over the years.
But what really got me thinking was
our own past. Or, more precisely, the
past of the aboriginal people who’ve
made this coast their home for thousands of years.
I once had the pleasure of visiting Village Island, perched at the
entrance of Knight Inlet. The First
Nations people call it Mamalilaculla.
It’s been abandoned for years, but it
was once a thriving winter village
used by the native people.
As the stories go, they were also
quite adept at raiding the northern
villages near Bella Bella and Bella
Coola. Raiding parties from Mamalilaculla would slaughter the warriors

and then bring home slaves to do the
heavy labour. These slaves, I was told,
had the soles of their feet slashed to
prevent them from running away.
And, just to be sure, once the
wounds mostly healed, they were
slashed again to further hobble the
escape-minded slave.
The Haida warriors were particularly feared and routinely raided
villages right down to the Strait of
Georgia, as it is now known.
As for the people of Mamalilaculla,
they too were eventually slaughtered
by warriors of the northern villages.
The point is, as long as we’ve had
boats, we’ve also had pirates or warring tribes. And the message to visiting sailors should always be: Steer
clear of the danger.

OPINION

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR |

Minister canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see that sulfur concentrations in
Quinsam Coalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expansion are higher than present
This letter is in
response to the article
that appeared in your
Feb. 23, edition under
the headline, Ministry Rejects Arsenic
Increase Claim, written by, Kristen Douglas.
The article describes
a recent letter reportedly sent to our city
c o u n c i l by n ew ly
appointed Provincial
Minister of Environment, Murray Coell.
The lead sentence
for the article states,
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quinsam Coal mine
operations have not
increased arsenic levels in nearby Long
Lake says the Ministry
of Environment.â&#x20AC;?
H oweve r, i n t h e
fourth column of the
article Douglas quotes
Minister Coell as stating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ministry
acknowledges that
data indicate Long
Lake sediment arsenic
levels have increased
from those that existed
prior to the mine.â&#x20AC;?
This quote seems
very inconsistent with
both the articleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headline and the authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
lead sentence.
If it is accurate it
may represent a positive shift on the part of
the provincial government.
I have not seen Minister Coellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter and so
I am somewhat reticent
to comment on statements attributed to
him. If however, Minister Coell has indicated

that arsenic concentrations in the water
of Long Lake comply
with B C Guidelines,
and there is no obvious problem with fish
health, I would say that
he is correct on both
counts.
However, it would
be very inappropriate of him to try and
reframe the issue as
one of present arsenic concentrations in
the water or present
fish health within the
lake. The problem is
with the sediment in
the bottom of the lake
and what it will mean
for our river system in
the future.
Re a d e r s s h o u l d
be aware that in an
attempt to protect our
environment, the B C
government has set up
contamination guidelines for many specific
aspects of it.
We have BC Water
Guidelines for Fresh
Water Aquatic Life,
BC Water Guidelines
for Drinking Water,
BC Sediment Guidelines for Fresh Water
Aquatic life, etc. These
contamination guidelines have been carefully worked out using
the best available
research. They all
serve an indispensable
purpose.
It is extremely inappropriate to try and
abort these guidelines
by playing a game of
revolving chairs as
some have done in the

past.
When there is a
problem with toxic
substances in the sediment exceeding the
B.C. sediment guidelines, change the subject to water quality.
When there is a problem with sulphate concentrations exceeding the guidelines for
fresh water aquatic
life, change the subject
to drinking water.
The difficulty we
are facing is that sediment samples from
Long Lake contain
arsenic concentrations that exceed the
British Columbia Sediment Guidelines for
Fresh Water Aquatic
Life by as much as 30
times in places close
to the mine. Sediment
in water bodies is
extremely important
as it forms the basis for
the food web.
Some problems first
demonstrate themselves in the sediment
and then move to the
water column.
T he Ministry of
Environment is aware
of these factors. That
is why they have established specific guidelines for sediment. The
arsenic problem that
devastated the drinking
water in Bangladesh in
the 1990s started in the
sediment.
That is one of the
reasons the three scientists from the Canadian Water Network
are involved. Their

expectation is that the
arsenic in the sediment of Long Lake
will eventually enter
the water column as
the lake ages.
When it does, the
effects in Long Lake
and all areas downstream will be most
unpleasant.
The Canadian Water
Network scientists
havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put a time line
on this as their investigative efforts are
continuing. They have
made it very clear to all
parties involved that
adding to the arsenic
deposit is not prudent.
They believe that the
proposed mine expansion as it stood in
April of 2 010, would
do exactly that.
I am not surprised
that the Canadian
Water Network scientists are of the opinion
that the majority of
arsenic in Long Lake
sediment is the result
of mining operations
by Quinsam Coal.
If Environment Minister Coell has doubts
about this I would refer
him to his own ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2006 document,
â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Evaluation of
Sediment Quality and
Invertebrate Benthic
Communities of Long
and Middle Quinsam
Lakes With Regard
to Local Coal Mining
Activity,â&#x20AC;? authored by
Dr. Rick Nordin of the
University of Victoria,
and a 2008 study by
Quinsam Coalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s con-

sulting firm Golder
Associates titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Preliminary Sediment
Quality Assessment
for Long Lake Quinsam Mine.â&#x20AC;?
While these two earlier documents are
not as definitive as the
more recent Canadian
Water Network reports
they both point toward
the mine as the source
of the contamination.
If Mr. Coell cannot
see how the sulfur content of the coal in the
new seam to be mined
with Quinsam Coalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
expansion (7 South #4
coal seam) is higher
than that presently
being mined ( 5 South)
others, including the
company, can.
I refer him to page
one, topic one of the
Nov. 4, 2009 Quinsam
Coal Environmental
Technical Review Committee Public Meeting
Minutes where the
company described its
proposal.
The sulfur content
of the coal is of environmental concer n
because sulphates
come from the sulfur
in the coal.
According to the
Canadian Water Network the sulphates
are leading to the arsenic concentrations in
the sediment of Long
Lake.
Stanley Goodrich
Campbell River

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| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011

Vancouver Island North NDP select candidate
Courtenay city councillor Ronna-Rae Leonard, the newly-nominated NDP candidate
for Vancouver Island
North, says the HST,
pensions for seniors,
and protecting the
coast from oil spills
will be key issues in
the next federal election campaign.
“By working together
we will win this riding back for the New
Democrats. People
know they can count
us to stand up for our
communities in Parliament,” Leonard
said after winning the
NDP nomination on

Sunday.
“I will work to make
life more affordable
for people, generate
jobs, and protect the
wild salmon that are
so much a part of our
culture,” she said. “I
will work to strengthen
public health care
by training and hiring more doctors and
nurses and investing
in home support for
our seniors.”
“That’s the kind
of leadership I am
offering to the people
of Vancouver Island
North, and that’s the
kind of leadership
Jack Layton is offering

to Canadians across
the country.”
Leonard said people
are disappointed with
the Harper Conservatives and are looking
to Jack Layton and the
New Democrats as a
positive alternative.
“People here were
upset when John Duncan, along with every
other Conservative
and Liberal MP, voted
to impose the HST on
British Columbians,”
she said. “This is the
most blatant example
of how the Conservatives have turned their
backs on the people of
B.C.”

“That’s why I am
so proud that every
single New Democrat
MP stood up and voted
against the HST.”
Leonard said she
is also proud that the
New Democrats have
lead the way in Parliament on issues like
improving pensions,
banning oil tankers
on the north coast,
and fighting climate
change.
The nomination
results were announced
at a Sunday meeting at
the Native Sons Hall in
Courtenay. Most NDP
members voted by
mail ballot, but many

Ronna-Rae Leonard

others voted in person
at the meeting. Leonard won on the first
ballot, edging out Port
McNeill Town Councillor Shirley Ackland
and former Courtenay
City Councillor Erik
Eriksson.

Guest speaker Peter
Julian, MP for Burnaby-New Westminster,
said Leonard will join
a proud tradition of
New Democrat MPs
from Vancouver Island
North. He paid special
tribute to Catherine
Bell, who he described
as one of the hardestworking MPs in Parliament during her term
from 2006 and 2008.
“I am very excited
about the nomination
of Ronna-Rae Leonard,
“said Julian. “She will
make a great addition
to Jack Layton’s team
and I look forward to
working with her to
make a real difference

Anti-idling advocates
still all revved up

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for British Columbians.”
Julian said the federal NDP is poised
to win more seats in
B.C. than ever before.
“In BC it is a contest
between the Harper
Conservatives and the
Layton New Democrats,” he said. “People know that we’re
the only alternative to
stop a Stephen Harper
majority.”
A federal election is
widely expected this
spring. Vancouver
Island North is traditionally a close-fought
race between the Conservatives and New
Democrats.

In cooperation with:

Aboriginal Outreach Team
MCFD

D i s a p p o i n t e d by
council’s decision to
shelve an anti-idling
policy for one year, the
Environmental Advisory Commission is
giving it another shot.
After a city staff
report, outlining an
anti-idling implementation strategy, was
deferred for a year by
councillors at a Feb. 1
council meeting, the
commission went to
work re-drafting the
policy.
“We were urged to
bring forward a report
without a bylaw so
we’re bringing it forward again this time
with just an anti-idling
campaign which we
thought would be more
palatable to council at
this time,” said Peter
Woods, chair of the
Environmental Advisory Commission.
The original packaged created by the
commission and
brought to council last
November, asked council to draft an antiidling bylaw after first
running a media campaign to raise awareness.
Wo o d s s a i d t h i s
time the education
campaign (which was
before council Tuesday
night after the Mirror
went to press) would
last for an undetermined amount of time
and would not lead up
to a bylaw.
It also gives the city
the chance to build on
School District 72’s
anti-idling initiative
which is focusing on
implementing an idle-

free zone for all schools
through the Hub for
A c t i o n o n S ch o o l
Transportation Emissions campaign.
As part of the education campaign, Woods
said air quality in relation to idling could be
incorporated into the
city’s already existing
woodstove exchange
program, Earth Week
celebrations in April
and during Bike to
Work Week in May and
June including shared
messaging for Clean
Air Day.
Woods said costs
associated with an
anti-idling education
campaign would be
minimal. The school
district has offered the
city a number of free
Idle-Free signs for city
facility parking lots
and limited quantities
of Idle-Free decals.
Wo o d s s a i d t h e
commission was disap p o i n t e d c o u n c i l
deferred the anti-idling
policy and decided to
try again after Mayor
Charlie Cornfield and
Councillor Roy Grant
suggested Woods submit a new report that
did not have a bylaw
attached.
He said the commission came to a consensus last year that
an anti-idling policy
would be in the best
interest of Campbell
River residents.
Woods noted idling
contributes to local
pollution and the production of greenhouse
gases and research
shows localized air
pollution negatively
impacts the respiratory systems of children and seniors.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR |

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Waving the flag
It’s been an exciting start to Canada Day 2011 with Quality Foods once again coming on board with a
$12,500 donation. Having the City of Campbell River match that donation and Lucas Olsen of West Coast
Tug and Barge’s donation of $10,000 will make this year’s Festival of Lights Fireworks more spectacular
than ever. In the picture (from left), Quality Foods (QF) manager Cyriel Debruyne, the Canada Day organizing
committee’s Carol Chapman and Mayor Charlie Cornfield mark the QF donation. The Canada Day organizing committee is working on many new activities, like Campbell River Hospital Foundation Bed Races and
Belt Sander Races, to add to the ever growing list of events. For a full schedule of events check out their
Facebook page, or go to crsalmonfestival.com as weekly updates will be available.

A project aimed at
predicting salmon
returns received some
financial support from
council last week.
The BC Centre for
Aquatic Health Sciences’ Discovery Passage Plankton project
is now in its fifth and
final year but as a
small, not for profit,
the organization relies
on funding from external sources.
T h e c i t y, wh i c h
donated $1,000 to the
project last year, agreed
to match that again for
2011.
“We really are a wonderful resource to have,
our research facility is
working on the health
of our community,”
said Paula Galloway,
marketing and communication manager
of the organization.
Mayor Charlie Cornfield agreed.
“I think the project you’re working
on is very significant
for the community
of Campbell River. I
think it could go a long
ways into the future in
terms of enhancement
of our fishery,” said
Cornfield.
The plankton project
looks at what food is
available to juvenile
coho from late February to late June and

what changes.
“Over time hatcheries along the coast saw
a huge decrease in coho
returns – less than one
per cent returns,” said
Galloway. “We felt that
changing ocean conditions were changing
the food available to
the fish and so they
were not making it
once they were out
in the open environment.”
This year, retur n
data will be available
for the first time in the
project.
The data will allow
the project’s partners
to assess the matching food availability to
release times for juvenile coho and whether
food availability in the
near shore environment can be used as
a predictive tool for
returns and thereby
enhance the ability of
government agencies
to make decisions that
support fish populations.
“While the data collected has already been
useful to Quinsam
Hatchery, trends cannot be fully assessed
without the addition
of return data in this
final study year,” said
Elan Downey, research
assistant for BC Centre
for Aquatic Health Sciences.
Galloway adds that
the hope is that by fill-

ing in the return data
it will allow the organization to use zooplankton monitoring as a
tool to predict salmon
returns.
“The goals for the
project are to build
open the hypothesis
that when more food
is available, the fish
will eat more and then
we will see higher
returns,” said Galloway.

The 12th Annual BC Aquaculture Achievement Awards
were announced in Campbell
River on Saturday.
The annual event is hosted
by the Positive Aquaculture
Awareness (PAA), a grassroots
group of industry suppliers
and workers with a simple
goal – to promote positive
awareness of the aquaculture
industry.
“It was wonderful to attend
the sold out event. Congratulations to all of the nominees and
award winners for their commitment, efforts and progress
in the industry,” said Campbell
River Mayor Charlie Cornfield.
“It is very refreshing to see the

A yard waste drop-off centre could open
as early as this month.
Ron Neufeld, the city’s manager of
operations, said last week that he suspects
the new service could be up and running
by the end of March. Neufeld said the city
is currently finalizing an access agreement
with the Wei Wai Kai First Nation because
the centre will be located on their lands,
about one kilometre from the Shell gas
station. The drop-off centre will be manned
and likely open Tuesday to Saturday from
9 a.m.-5 p.m., year round and will serve as
a transfer station to the Comox processing
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■ Rookie of the Year – Colleen Dane, BC Salmon Farmers Association
“The Aquaculture industry
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“We wish all of the businesses involved the best of success in the coming year.”
Award presentations were
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■ Business of the Year –
Sablefish Canada.
■ Environment – Mia Parker,
Grieg Seafoods BC Ltd.
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Vancouver Island Real Estate Board 60th anniversary leaves a legacy of learning
T h e Va n c o u v e r
Island Real Estate
Board (VIREB) held its
60th Anniversay Celebration and Realtor
Awards at the Vancouver Island Conference
Centre in Nanaimo on
February 24th with presentation of the Realtors Care Awards, Realtor of the Year Award
and announcement
of a legacy endowment fund to Vancouver Island University
(VIU) and North Island
Colledge (NIC).
The event concluded
at the AGM on Feb. 25
with the installation of

its 2011 Board of Directors.
Initial communications began with
VIU, NIC and the Real
Estate Foundation of
B.C. (REFBC) each having the key component
of a matching fund
program. VIU and NIC
serve the entire catchment area of VIREB
and offer extensive
trades training programs, in addition to
traditional academic
fields of study.
The REFBC is a nonprofit organization
formed in 1985 and
it is dedicated to the

respectful and wise
use of land throughout B.C. This organization is also committed
to providing education
opportunities in the
form of grants to students throughout B.C.
By providing funding for Island students
to study at either VIU
or NIC these students
could stay connected to
their families, friends
and communities. The
collaboration between
VIREB and REFBC
established a $60,000
Endowment Fund at
both VIU and NIC.
Each zone within
VIREB has a commit-

ment to assisting high
school students seeking post-secondary education. Now with the
support of the REFBC
and the Foundations of
VIU and NIC, VIREB
has created a permanent endowment fund
that VIREB, members
or future alumni may
augment and grow.
“When we be gan
planning for the celebration of VIREB’s
60th anniversary a
number of alternatives
for a legacy project presented themselves. The
challenge for our committee and the directors was to find una-

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focus gel.” said Marty
Douglas, Chair 60th
Anniversary Committee.
The committee then
set to work creating a
project that would give
back to the communities that had served
them so well over the
years.
Educating young and
eager students would
provide benefits for
entire families and
communities.
It was empowering
on both an individual
level and the collective level. The Directors forged ahead to
make the connections
needed to create a lasting legacy.
Other highlights
of the two day event
include:
■ 2011 VIREB Board
of Directors elected:
P re s i d e n t – J i m
Stewart, Coast Realty
G r o u p, N a n a i m o ;
President Elect – Guy
Bezeau, RE/MAX
Ocean Pointe, Ladysmith; Past President
– Cliff Moberg, Sut-

OPINION
HEROES – the Ladies
Auxiliary Branch #137 to
Royal Canadian Legion
Campbell River sends
their best wishes for
2011 and gratitude to
all bingo patrons and all
bingo volunteers who,
through their patronage
and hard work in 2010
made it possible for
us to make sizable
contributions to Knights
Of Columbus Hamper
Fund, Salvation Army,
Campbell River Food
Bank, Hope Outreach
Program, Legion
Provincial Athletic
Program, United Church
Soup Kitchen. We cannot
do it without you. –
Branch 137 R.C.L. Etc.
HEROES – The
Campbell River Child
Care Society is beginning
2011 celebrating the
generosity of friends.
Thank you to Jack Turley
of Gourmet Essentials
for sponsoring “Holly
by Donation” again this
season. Thank you to
Joe Korsa for once again
sharing his outstanding
holly. And, special
thanks to the holly lovers
who made Jack and Joe’s
efforts so worthwhile for
the children and families
we serve. – Joyce
McMann, Campbell River
Child care Society.
HEROES – The John
Howard Society of
North Island sends a
heartfelt thank you to
the community heroes
in Altrusa International
of Campbell River for
donating $1,000 to
the KidStart Mentoring
Program. This awardwinning program
connects vulnerable
children and youth ages
6-18 with positive adult
role models. Thank you,
Altrusa members, for your
generous support of kids
in our community.
HERO – M. The ride,
thankful. The laughter,
unforgettable. – S.
HEROES – The
community for their
overwhelming support
of The Second Chance
Recovery House during
the 2010 holiday season.
The men had a wonderful
Christmas thanks to
your cash donations, as
well as lovingly made
handknitted toques,
scarves and slippers
to keep them warm
during the cold winter
days. Carefully wrapped
presents, chocolates,
homebaked goods,
turkeys, gift cards and
stockings and gift bags
filled with treats made
the men feel they weren’t
alone at the special time
of year and people were
thinking of them as they
are on their journey of
recovery. May the new

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Heroes
& Zeros

year bring you all health
and happiness. – The
Second Chance Recovery
House
HEROES – The
Campbell River Bottle
Depot and ReturnIt Center as well as
Curt’s Tree Chipping for
hosting our tree chipping
fundraiser on Jan. 8.
Also many thanks to
those who delivered their
trees to us and their
donations. Another year
has passed and without
the generosity of our
volunteers as well as the
various businesses in
the community we would
not be able to carry
on providing lunch on
Saturday. Our numbers
have grown considerably
over the past six months
and our free clothes
closet continues to be
a huge success. Be
assured that any and
all donations are well
received by our clients.
Thank you again. –
United Church Outreach
Program, the Saturday
Soup Kitchen.
HEROES – The month
of December brought with
it many items donated
to the C.R. Seniors’
Centre Society that
enhanced the interior
of our space. Members
would like to let it be
known that Jack Revoy
is a hero, for his donation
of the giant Christmas
tree that lit up our Centre
- it was an awesome
tree! Also, another
hero surfaced in the
personage of Ken
Hall of Catalyst Mill,
for the donation of
tables and chairs that
allowed the Seniors’
Centre to seat everyone
attending our Christmas
luncheon – it was
wonderful to behold!
We sincerely thank
these communityminded heroes for their
consideration of the C.R.
Seniors’ Centre Society.
Also, our thanks goes
to Mr. and Mrs. Stan
Proctor for their donation
of a beautiful portrait of
our Queen Elizabeth II,
and to Jack Carr for his
donation of a painting of
the “Swiftsure” coming
round Cape Mudge. More
heroes in our midst thank you!’ – CRSCS

HEROES – Keep
Your Shirt On business
in Campbellton for
their generosity and
wonderful support in
helping to make the
Trinity Presbyterian
Church Nov. 6 Silent
Auction fundraising
efforts a resounding
success. This was a fun
evening of fellowship and
outpouring of generosity
and a substantial sum of
money was raised. Our
church will be breaking
ground in the Spring to
start construction on a
major addition. Again,
our heartfelt thanks. –
From Trinity Presbyterian
Church Fundraising
Committee.
HEROES – On Sunday
Jan. 2, our dog went
missing in the woods
by Robert’s Lake. We
managed to get him
back on Sunday January
9th after he spent a
cold week in the woods.
Words cannot adequately
express how grateful we
are to all the heroes who
helped us successfully
get Lyle back. We know
of some of the heroes
who helped us but there
are others we may not
know who came to help
out of the goodness of

their hearts. Thank you to
the entire staff of Storey
Creek Trading Ltd. for
their time and patience,
Lorna and Walter from
the Robert’s Lake Store,
Steve Harding, Chris
Francis, Ryan Stanyer,
Leslie Kaardal and others
from Search and Rescue,
Campbell River SPCA,
Coastland Vet Hospital,
Janice Leach, Pat Brown
Clayton, Al Mose and his
crew at Robert’s Lake,
Kimberly Dorrington (and
Yanick) of Seriously Dogs,
Karle Granlund, Susan
and Richard Michael,
Ken and Ruth Mackenzie,
Gord Bennett, and Adam
Siu whose keen eyesight
spotted Lyle. Without the
help of all these people
plus others who we might
not know or didn’t get
their names, the story
may not have had such a
happy ending. One may
say that this was a lot of
work and effort spent on
a dog, and certainly not
a perfect dog, but this
dog is a member of our
family. Thank you again
to all these heroes who
helped make our family
complete again. – The
Higgins Family

their products so unwary
consumers will pay an
inflated price. Recently,
my wife went shopping
for a TV, I won’t mention
the store or the town
because it is not just a
Campbell River problem,
before she went she
checked some prices
online at the major
dealers on the Island, so
she had an idea what the
price ranges were. When

she saw one she liked it
was priced about $200
more than the listed
price the same store was
showing online. When
a clerk was questioned
about the discrepancy
in pricing he said, “Oh
I guess it must be on
sale.” I wonder what
he would have done if
she had just said “I’ll
take it.” Get with it
merchants. If you want

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to sell your products put
a realistic price on the
product on the shelf, so
the “trusting” consumer
can go into your place
of business without the
fear that he is probably
getting ripped off. –
Shopper
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Young rappers have the power
and the cash
Two young rappers showed “the power”
to win a $2,000 prize from B.C. Hydro.
Former Timberline Secondary Students
Andrew Baskin and Tanner Waller
teamed up to write, perform and video
their song “Energy Rap.”
They entered it in Hydro’s “Invent
the Future” contest, which called for
songs, videos and essays on energy
conservation, and won the $2,000 prize in
the 16- to 19-year-old category.
Baskin and Waller submitted the
humourous song/video last November.
“I plan to raise awareness about the
importance of energy conservation with
a video that makes people laugh, while
giving them a strong clear message about
energy,” Baskin wrote in his submission.
Judges evaluated submissions on
originality, innovation, creativity, scope
and potential to change behaviour in B.C.
In addition to the prize money, winners
get the opportunity to further develop
their creative skills by spending a week
at the Gulf Islands Film and Television
School.
See their video online at www.
campbellrivermirror.com and click on
“Entertainment.”

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Tenth anniversary year for
Jacqueline Chadwick Academy
J

acqueline
Elizabeth
Chadwick, best
known for her roles in
Britain’s leading soap
operas: Linda Bladwin in Coronation
Street and Tina Dingle
in Emmerdale Farm,
is making this a year
to remember.
“2011 marks the
10-year anniversary of
the Jacqueline Chadwick Academy and we
want the children of
Campbell River and
the UK branches to
experience the thrill
of stage and screen
training,” said Chadwick.
As a shy child with
a lack of confidence
Jackie stumbled upon
the drama training
that would lead to an
amazing career as an
actress.
At the age of 10,
Chadwick was chosen to join an elite
group made up of
a small number of
talented youngsters
from underprivileged
areas of England. Her
ensuing eight years of
training was intense
and opened the doors
to fabulous opportunities from working
directly with the RSC

The youth of the Chadwick Academy have put on two performances at the Tidemark Theatre since the academy began operations in Campbell River in 2009.

to a New York student
exchange program.
It was that early
training that provided the inspiration
for the Jacqueline
Chadwick Academy of
Performing Arts.
By the age of 11,
Chadwick was already
appearing in a drama
series on ITV. Her
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with performances
in film,stage and the
infamous soap operas.
In 2001, following the birth of her
second child, Chadwick stepped away
from her high profile acting career in
order to focus on her
role as a mother and
to give back by teach-

ing full time. Within
her first year as
the Principle of The
Jacqueline Chadwick
Academy of Performing Arts, 12 branches
were established
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and Central Scotland
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In 2009, Chadwick
relocated to Canada
with her family
and launched her
first Canadian
branches here in
Campbell River.
“Over the past two
years I have been
working with the
children of Campbell
river and their talent
is amazing, we have
held two shows at the
Tidemark Theatre and
are currently working
on a television and
film production,” she
said.
“The shows were
full and the feedback from parents is
quite humbling,” said
Chadwick, “seeing the
kids on stage and living their dream means
the world to me and
the comments from
parents on how our
classes have improved
confidence and life
skills of hundreds of
children makes me so
proud.
“We have children
staring on stage and
screen through our
casting agency and
one of our teachers
recently starred in the
final of Britain’s got
talent. It’s great to see
the results of our hard
work and dedication
are paying off and
people are reaching
their goals.”
Chadwick teaches
the Campbell River
Academy herself
and said she would
have it no other way:
“Teaching is my passion, I really did not
like the fame side of
acting, I’m to much
of a private person. I
teach my classes here
in Canada. I miss
my children from
the UK classes but I
speak to the teachers
each week and the
kids e-mail me all the
time.”
The academy runs
five times a week
at several locations
in Campbell River,
classes run in two
age groups – 6-10 and
10-plus. Classes cover
everything form
confidence building
to advanced drama,
theatre and television
technique.
For more information call the academy
at 250-923-2863 0r visit
the website www.chadwickacademy.com and
fill in a ‘call me back
request.’

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A member of the Nova Fire Spinners (above) warded off the sleet falling Saturday evening with a dramatic fire presentation. Earlier in
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Inclusion to entertain at Walk Away from Racism
The members of
Inclusion invite Campbell Riverites to join
the Walk Away from
Racism Saturday.
“Inclusion is a perfect
fit for this event and we
are very pleased to lend
our talents to worthwhile events in our
community,” says John

Hollywood, spokesperson for the band.
“We are a group of
seven Campbell River,
music-lovers spending
our time, efforts and
talents to raise awareness that people are
more alike than different. Our group’s most
unique feature is its

diversity. Four of our
members have developmental disabilities,
but our variety moves
beyond this aspect to
include age, ethnicity,
race.
“We love to create
opportunities for community members of
all ages to see, first-

hand, the ability levels and performance
competency that can
be achieved by anyone with a desire and
a goal. We wish to
spread the message
that while some people
achieve goals more easily than others, most
worthwhile goals can

be reached with time,
effort and perhaps
someone who believes
in you. Everyone has
gifts to contribute.”
Inclusion and other
local performers will
appear Saturday at the
Walk Away from Racism at the Community
Centre at 10:30 a.m

Sage Lim slides one by the Juan de Fuca goalie during Saturday’s first leg of the Peewee A Island championships at Rod Brind’Amour
Arena.

Peewee A Tyees repeat as Island Champs
They’ve done it again!
For the second year in a
row the Panago Peewee A
Tyees are Island Champions.
Backed by the solid goaltending of Ethan Ouellette and Nick Ordano, the
Tyees claimed the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey

today (Sunday).”
Saturday
at
Rod
Brind’Amour Arena Sage
Lim, Dawson Frank, and
Josh Coblenz tallied for
Campbell River in a 3-2 win.
The Tyees then wrapped
it up with a convincing 5-1
triumph Sunday afternoon
at Bear Mountain Arena in

Association’s Tier 2 title last
weekend by sweeping the
Juan de Fuca Grizzlies in
two games straight.
“This team has exceeded
my expectations,” said head
coach Paul Stapley. “I’m just
so proud of them. I almost
had a tear in my eye talking to them before the game

Victoria. Matt Barker, Lim,
Tyler Dickson, Frank and
Brett Stapley scored in the
victory.
Stapley said the key to beating the Grizzlies was winning the physical battles.
“Juan de Fuca is a fairly
small, finesse team and we
Continued on A30

Grieg Seafood Atom A Tyees played a fantastic
exhibition game at home against the higher tiered
Comox Valley Chiefs on Sunday afternoon.
The Tyees came out strong and Sage Cameron,
with a nice pass from affiliate player Hayden
Cross, put the team on the scoreboard within one
minute of play.
The period was played with a lot of fast skating and back-and-forth play between the teams.
The Tyees carved out a 3-0 by the end of the first,
with affliate player Gordon Ludvigson (Parker),
and alternate captain River Fahey (Jacob Hartley) putting the puck in the Chiefs net.
Two minutes in to the second period Comox got
on the scoreboard. With penalties being served
by each team it was five minutes later before
Cameron (Ludvigson) buried another puck in
the net.
The Chiefs answered with a short handed goal
less than two minutes later to make the score
4-2.
Before the end of the second Seth Parker (Cameron) added to the Tyees points and the Chiefs
added two more goals making it a close 5-4 game
in favour of Campbell River.
In the third, Tyees goaltender Carson Borgfjord
kept the team ahead, making numerous saves.
The Tyees continued to pass the puck and got
it out of their end on the power play to gain a
two goal lead when Braydon Kratzmann (Kaden
Barnes) scored.
That was enough as the Tyees went on to win
6-4.
“The boys have learned the value of teamwork,
trusting each other, and hard work at practice
and it is showing at game time,” commented
coach Bill Rennie. The game was very exciting
and was played well by all and with excellent
goaltending by both Matthew Johnson and Carson Borgfjord.”
Dr. Mike Finn came out early Friday mornings
to work with both goaltenders.
The team will be practicing for the next few
weeks to prepare for a tournament in Victoria
March 25-27.

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Peewees:
Playing in
shadow of
last year
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just had to be more
aggressive than them.
But it was tight. If we
didn’t get good goaltending things could have
easily gone their way,”
said Stapley.
It’s been a tumultuous season for the
young Tyees, playing
in the shadow of last
year’s squad that only
lost one game all year.
They started slowly
and were thrashed
8-1 by the Grizzlies
in their first meeting
back in November.
But according to Stapley the players bonded
and showed steady
improvement as the
season went along.
“We really came
together as a team,” he
said. “When one player
fell down, a teammate
was there to help him
up. We’ve had different
players pitching in at
different times to make
things happen and it
really worked out well.
(Sunday) for example,
Nick Ordano had a
great game in net,
Tyler Dickson scored a
fantastic goal and Marcellus Wilson made a
key shot block.”
According to team
m a n a g e r Vi c t o r
Coblenz, the coaching staff of Stapley,
Vince Devlin, Craig
Schelter and Jim Ross
also deserves a lot of
credit.
“This team includes
seven first year players, including both
goalies, and a couple of
others that have never
played ‘A’ rep hockey
before,” said Coblenz.
“The coaches were able
to combine them with
the experienced second
years and mould them
together as a team. You
can see many of the
new kids are playing
with a huge amount
of confidence now.
For Vince (Devlin) and
Paul (Stapley), this is
two years in a row they
have guided teams to
Island Championships.
It’s really an extraordinary achievement.”
The Tyees will now
attempt to repeat as
BC Champions. They
travel to the Lower
Mainland next month
to represent Vancouver Island at the Tier 2
Provincials, which are
set for March 20 to 25
in Aldergrove.

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McLoughlin named to all-star team
Former Carihi student Lindsay McLoughlin of the Vancouver Island University Women’s
volleyball team was named a
BCCAA 1st team All-Star this
week.
She was a league leader
in kills with 151 this season
placing her second overall, in digs she was eleventh
and for total offensive stats
(blocks, kills, aces) she was
fourth. In her fifth and final
year with the Mariners, Lindsay adds another award to a
long list of accolades. Possibly
more to come after the provincials and if they qualify …the
nationals. This weekend she
will be competing in the 2011
BCCAA Provincial Champion-

ships in Kelowna. Her team
enters the tournament ranked
second (fourth nationally) and
will face the winner of Capilano University and the Columbia Bible College on Friday at
1 p.m.
McLoughlin’s accomplishments: 2010 CCAA (November) Player of the Month 2010
BCCAA (Nov15) Player of the
week 2010 BCCAA Provincial
Silver Medal 2010 BCCAA
league All-Star 2009 Nanaimo
Sports Achievement Athlete of the year 2009 BCCAA
Silver Medal 2009 BCCAA
All-Star at Provincials 2008
CCAA All-Canadian MVP 2008
BCCAA Provincial Championships 2008 BCCAA 1st team

Kyell Erickson competed at the Karate BC
provincial team final selection Feb. 19-20 and
recieved a gold medal.
This placing along with his gold medal provincial title in the boys 14 -15 brown black
heavyweight gives Erickson the opportunity
to attend the Canadian National Karate Championships hosted by Karate Canada this year
in St, Hyacynthe Quebec.
Each province is allowed to send two athletes
in each division to compete at this event. This
is Erickson’s second trip to nationals travelling to Toronto last year to compete. Last year
Erickson placed fifth in the same division.
Erickson trains at the Campbell River Shito
Ryu Karate Club.
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The Grant Family took the Campbell River Mirror to Disneyland. It was the first time for the kids and mom
and dad too. Both girls went to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique and were dressed up as princesses for the day.
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Ward and Tracy Huntley make it another “Start the Car”! vacation for Mike and Dixie Airton by being there
when they arrived at their Mayan Riviera Resort. The Airton’s were celebrating their 30th Anniversary and
the Mirror came along for the ride.

Bernie and Shirley Walker and Bernie’s sister Thea Dueck of Lantzville and Debbie Walker and Greg Cathy
and their children Jessica and Adam spent the week before Christmas in Varadero, Cuba and they took the
Mirror with them. It was the coldest Decmber since 1951.